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Berry, Berry GoodBrooklyn gets its own taste of Cranberries as the NewEngland season of the berries comes into focus at the FirstAnnual Cranberry Street Cranberry Fair. Balloon festoons, a%u201c Square Dancing, Square Off,%u201d the %u201c fruit of the day%u201deateries, and varying booths with, what else, cranberries,help set the mood for the festivities of the day. October 13 isscheduled for the event that will take place over the threeblock area that Cranberry Street reaches, from Henry StreetTo Columbia Heights. At the top of the agenda for the day isthe first annual Ocean Spray. %u201c Bog-Jog%u201d which will be a 2Vimile fun for adults and a 1 mile run for the little ones. Theofficial coronation of the 1979 %u201c Brooklyn Cranberry Queen%u201dalong with a lively all-male %u201c Cranberry Bake-off%u201d will also befeatured on this day.Cranberry Fair, from 11-3pm on October 13, with the cooperation of the Ocean Spray Cranberry Corporation.625- 4676.Singing The Praises Of TheBoroughWorks by Brooklyn authors and worksabout the borough will be in their heyday this weekend as the BrooklynAcademy of Music presents %u201c A Balladof Brooklyn,%u201d compiled and adapted byMyrna Lamb as part of the Brooklyn Rediscovery program of talks, tours andshows that%u2019s been in the offing sincelast Spring.From history to politics to humor tocommentary, it%u2019ll all be there. Some ofthe featured bits will run from %u201c Brooklyniana,%u201d an 1862 piece by Walt Whitman,to Bob Miller%u2019s %u201c In a Little %u2018Jernt%u2019 inGreenpernt%u201d from 1936, to the moremodern %u201c If you saw a Negro Lady%u201d from1977 by June Jordan. Beyond prose,poems and other literary works, therewill also be theatrical stagings and songand music recitals, all with the FourthLargest City as their central, revolvingtheme.%u2018%u2018Ballad of Brooklyn%u201d w ill be presented on October 12 and 13 at 8pm and October 14 at 2pm in the Helen Carey Playhouse of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. For more information, call the Academy at 636-4100.Dancing To The Clouds In Brooklyn%u2022'W sJ p I-- .<%u25a0 aflmb' \Bt - t h h h B i i!\\ %u25a0 * Jm. %u25a0%u00bb y j m JjX jf-T MR ;> iffH > - Js 'f t %u00ae 1Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan isnamed after the title of one of the oldestChinese dances, but does not confine itselfto traditional dance.In its coast to coast tour, starting inBrooklyn%u2019s Center for the Performing Arts atBrooklyn College, the Dance Theater willcombine the traditional Peking opera movements with modern Western dance andballet.Lin Hwai-min, the founder of the sevenyear old company, in combining traditionaland new dance styles, has created a distinctive contemporary approach to Chinesedance.The 24 member company will feature initsBrooklyn appearance Tina Yuan, who was aleading dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (Flatbush & Nostrand Aves) Oct. 13 at 8 pm and Oct. 14 at 2 pm in Whitman Hall 874-2239.You have to stick together in a city so large as NewYork, and sticking together is what Community Board Sixis all about these days. The Board, together with theSouth Beach Psychiatric Center willl pool its resources,so to speak, in a major Resource Fair this week, bringingtogether services and representatives from all facets ofcommunity life.Did you ever wonder how to pop a tree into that hole inyour sidewalk? Or how to call on sanitation to cart awaythe carcass of an old stove, or how to go about sealing anempty building? Or maybe you're a bit fuzzy on how to puta classified ad in the PHOENIX (we%u2019ll be there too)? All thisand more: members of civic organizations, folks fromchurches and people from public agencies will all turn outto bridge the gap between offerings and needs in theBoard Six areas of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, RedHook, Gowanus, the Waterfront and Park Slope.The Board Six Resource Fair, co-sponsored by Community Board Six and the South Beach Psychiatric Center, w ill be held on Wednesday, uct. l / trom / - i u pm in PS 58 at 330 Smith Street at Carroll Street. At the fair, there w ill be abundant refreshments and entertainment: for more information, or to arrange a booth or table for offerings, call the Board Office at 643-3027.FairForAllFloating theFulton FerryThe Ferry is coming to town, and a special preview andcelebration of the new Brooklyn-Manhattan Ferry Servicewill be held on Wednesday the 17th of October, from 5pm-8 pm. The party will be a benefit for the NationalMaritime Society which is getting the Ferry service going.It will be held right at Fulton Ferry pier, and there will be anumber of vessels to see, maybe even the ferry which willopen service next spring.The highlights of the evening will be a ride across theriver (and back), and %u201c history making announcements.%u201dFood, drink, music and a good time fill out the bill.P r e v ie w n f Fulton Ferry Service, benefit for the National Maritime Historical Society. Oct. 17, 5-8pm, $25 tax deductible contribution. Write to National Maritime Historical Society, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 858-1248.October 11.1979, The PHOENIX, Page 41